Bottling machine



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A. F. HOFFMAN BOTTLING MACHINE 5 Sheets-Shoat 1 Filed April 16. 1926 Fly.

INVENTOR I fl/erl fTl/of/man BY- (A 6304,444

ATTORNEY June 7 1927.

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BOTTLING MACHINE i-"iled April 16- 1926 5 Sheets-Shoat II "I I INVENTOR I/fierl ffloffman BY ATTORNEY F. HOFFMAN BOTTLING MACHINE Filed April 16. 1926 v 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 ATTORNEY June 7 1927. 1,631,530

A. F. HOFFMAN BoTTL nfe momma:

Filed April 16. 1926 5 Sheets-Shut 5 I INVENTOR F i9. 5. fllberz f". Hoffman ATTORNEY Patented June 7, 1927.

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'ApplicatiomfikdApril"16, 1926; SeriaINo. 102,383+

.My invention relates to improvements in thec'lass ofbottling machines in wh ch the beverage to be bottled .is maintained w1th1n a rotative annularf chamber provided with bottles are,

the, fluidfrom losing, its carbonation and sparkling or effervescent qualities before bottlingn In carrying out my J IIVGDtIOD l provide a '20 pipe or coil: 'associatedwith or j Within the rotativefiuid supply chamber of-the bottling machine. through; which pipe or coil, cooling fluid, such as brine, may be continuously circulated to maintain; the fluid to be bottled at a desired cool tempenatnre, and means which will permit thefcirculation of the brinethnough suchpipe on coil during-rota: tion ofi the said: chamber, andalso. in case .the same. is stopped during the bottling operas.

V tion.'

Myyinvention comprises. novel details of: improvement that will bemorezfully helelnafter set'forth and t-hen'pointed out'ln the claimsL Reference is-to be had: to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein ,Fig. lgis' 'a side elevation of; a bottling machine embodying my invention; V Fig. 2 's a partly broken plan view of Fig.1=;

i Fig. 3:is a sectionon line '3, v8, 1n F1g.-2;

Fig. 1 is a sectionalplanview 01111116 4, 4 inFig.3;

Fig. 51 is a partly broken jplan v ew of: my improved cooling, fluid control means and; a

Fi 6' is an edge View of Fig. 5,,partly- 111 b7 section online 6, 6, iii-Fig. 5. I a Similar numerals of reference, indicate correspondingpa-rtsin the several; views.

:Thebottling machineI haveillustrated is of a well known character comprising. a rotative liquid or beveragedispensing chainbet 1 provided with bottle'fill ing valvednozzl'es -2, the chamber being supported. on 'aucolpmn 3: journaled to: rotate; upon av base 4, as usua-l The bottle-operating supports.

areindicated at 5,-and at'6 is a gear connected with; the column andin meshwith a, pinion 7, for rotatingthe parts. described;

The pinion '73 may be driven in any suitable way,;as-by means of a shaft 8 carrying the 1 P1111011 and provided with; gear 9f in" mesh with a drive pinionlO," which maybe operated by a'b-elt oripulley 11,01: by an electric motor, in a well known way. The tank 12,1

pipes 13 connecting-saidtank with thecliamher 1. and the air inlet pipe 14 with its fittings are indicated as usual. The othermain partsiof 'the machine illustrated are of the ordinary well known con type ofbottile filling machine; v

At 15 is a pipe. or coilassoci'ated' with and shown" located 'vvithin the beyerage struction in this.

chamber'l, being shown-connected at one end with an inlet pipe .16- and With an; outlet pipe 17 for cooling fluid such as brine", The v pipe 15 is-shown 'in'the'form of: a. 'doub'lel-'--- 1 tier of.'coilsso.thatthe inlet and outlet pipes 16 and 1 7, respectively, are connected with lower portions of the coil;'' iSaid' oipes 16 and 17: at theiropposite ends are connected with means to maintain communication with a supply of cooling fluid during rotation: of v said=c0ilahd pipes with the beverage chemi i ber. 'For'such' purposeJI-pr-ovide aringlike member 18 that is connected with the. casing of head-portion19 ofth-e apparatus,

-which the pipe 17' is connected, asby being screwedto the member,- "(Figs.] 3 and-'6). Upon the member 18 andcloselyfittedthereto by smooth parallel cooperatingsurfaces is a ,second rin g likej member 23 which is provided with an a'nnulargrooveinits under surface" at 2% that opposes the groove fll',

forming a complete annular channel a a between sa-i-d: members and therin'g23" is alsoprovided; withan annular groove 25 in its I under surface that opposes the groove-22,, provldlng a second complete annular chan by- --means"ofinterposed supports 20 secured nel b betweenthe members, which channels are independent of one another, A pipe26fl is secured to Inember'23, as byscrewingit thereto, to supplycooling: fluid: to theinner channelx a forsupplying the coil 1-5 ','anda pipe 27 is secured'to said member 23, as by screwing it thereto, and communicates with the channel b'to exhaust the cooling. fluid f m .coil 15. The circulation ofthe 7 way. Suitable packing is provided between the members 18 and 23 to preventleakage of the'cooling fluid from the channels a and Z) at theperipheries ofmember'18 and from channel to channel. I have shown the'member 18 provided with annular channels 28 containing suitable packing 29 r to bear against member23, and the member 23 provided with annular channels 30 containing packing 31 to'bear against the member 18, during rotation of, said member, (Fig. 6). The members 18 and 23 are also shown provided with the complemental packing 32 and projection 33 to keep the fluid from flowing between channels a and b, and marginal ribs 34 onmember 18 enter the grooves 30 in member 23 and bear against the packing 31,

serving to keep the members centered. 'Th-e member'18 is retatively guided. along suitably spaced concentric rings 35: and 36,

which are carried by the member 23' by 7 means of bolts 37 extending from the memher 23, whereby the members 18 and 23 are.

maintained in close rotative contact.

in-annular grooves-39 and .40 in the rings '1 35 and 36, respectively, against which the member 18 bears for reducingfriction be tween the parts when the member 18 rotates relatively to the member 23. Member 23 I with the attached rings 35 and 36 is mainin Fig. 3, so that improvements do not. 1n any manner mterferewith the construc-,

tained from rotation, for. which purpose I have illustrated arm 41 extending from apost 42 over the member 23, to which th forked end portions 4:1 of the arm is attached by means of screws or the like 43..

The central bores 18 and 23 in members 18 and 23 land the bore of ring 35 are in reg-' ister so that the usual central air supply fittings of the bottling machine pass through and arerotative ingsaid bores, as indicated tion and operation of the ordinary. bottling machine illustrated.

In accordance with my improvements the bottling machine operates-in an ordinary way tocharge the bottles with the beverage,

carbonated water or the. like, successively dunn rotation. of the supply chamber land the associate parts of the machine. The

I member 23, pipes 26 and 27, and the rings 7 35 and 36 remain stationary while the memher 18, thecoil 15' andits pipes 16 and 17. rotate withchamber 1, whereby cooling fluid I may becaused to flow through said coil, such fluid from pipe 26 entering channel-a, flowing therefrom through pipe 16, coil 15 and pipe 17; tochannel b, whence the'fluidflows outwardly through exhaust pipe 27. The cooling fluid in coil 15 will maintain the beverage, carbonated water or the like, in.

chamber 1 at the desiredtemperature during bottling, and also 'at suchtimes as the rodegree in chamber 1, as always'occurs' ina' bottling machines 1n wlnch the temperature 7 of the carbonated water is not maintained at about a desired degree, By the'means described carbonic acid gas is conserved since otherwise it would be liable to pass from chamber 1' with air'that' is usually maintainedwithin said chamber through tank 12 and pipes 13 and 14.

'VVhile I have illustrated and described a particular construction for carrying out my invention, whereby thepipe or-coil 15 may be continuously'supplied with cooling fluid during operation of rotative parts of the, machine,'it will be understood that-changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of-parts set forth, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of'my invention.

J Having now described my invention what I claim is: 7

1'. A bottling machine comprising a rotative chamber forbeverages'and the like, a cooling pipe associated with the chamber to rotate therewith, cooperative members having means in communication with" said pipe and with supply and exhaust pipes to.

maintain circulation of cooling fluid through said pipe during rotation of the chamber, one of said members. being rotative with the chamber, means retainingthe other member from rotation, and spaced rings carried by the last named nember and supporting the rotative member. a I

2. A bottling machine comprising a rotative chamber forbeverages and the like, a cooling pipe carried bythe chamber to ro tate therewith, cooperative members to supply cooling fluid to said pipe, said members having spaced opposing grooves providing independent channels therebetweelna pipe connecting one of said channels with one end of the first'named pipe, apipe connecting the'other of-sai-d channels to the opposite end of the first named pipe, a supply pipe communicating with one of said channels, anexhaust pipe communicating with the other of said channels, means connectinglone of claim 2, provided with spaced rings cooperae- Y tive with the rotative member to maintain it V in operative relation to the other member,

, pair of cooperative opposing members having channels therebetween, one of said members being connected With the machine to rotate With the chamber, means for retaining the other member stationary, a pipe connecting one of the channels with one end of the cooling pipe, a pipe connecting the other channel with the other end of the cooling pipe, a'supply pipe connected with one of the channels, an exhaust pipe connected With the other channel, and means connected With the stationary member for maintaining the rotative member in cooperative relation thereto, said members being adapted to accommodate fittings for the, supply of air'to-the chamber located Within bores of said members.

5. Av bottling niachinecomprising a rotacoolingpipe associated With the chamber, cooperative members having means in com munication with the cooling pipe for supplycooling fluid therethrough during rotation of the chamber and the cooling pipe,

said means comprising a pair of members 3 having registering bores adapted toaccom modate supply fittings located ithin said bores and in communication With the cham ber.

ALBERT F. HOFFMAN.

tive chamber for beverages and the like, a 

